- Treats modernity as an ethnographic object by focusing on its concrete manifestations.
- Tackles issues of broad interest: from colonialism and globalization to war, genetics, and AIDS.
- Draws on work from North and South America, Europe, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia.
- Contributors include James Ferguson, Akhil Gupta, Aihwa Ong, Paul Rabinow, and Rayna Rapp.
Anthropologies of Modernity: Foucault, Governmentality, and Life Politics
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PublisherWiley-Blackwell
ISBN / ASIN0631228276
ISBN-139780631228271
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This book brings together a range of anthropological writings that are inspired by the French philosopher Michel Foucault and examine Foucault’s contribution to current theories of modernity.